What is Mediation?

Mediation is a voluntary private process where two people meet together with a neutral facilitator to settle a dispute.

Mediation can help you to resolve your dispute and to:

Be principled and not positional

Focus on shared interests

Handle Cultural differences

Be soft on the people and hard on the dispute

Use objective criteria

Develop a negotiation strategy that is fair and reasonable

Consider your best alternative to a negotiated agreement

Avoid unnecessary litigation

Save time and money

Take a commercial view

Avoid stress and damage to business

Focus on what you are hoping to achieve

Achieve your aims

Look at all your options

Help you think of some solutions

Be realistic about outcomes

Manage emotion and feelings

Separate the people from the problem

Create options for mutual gain

Handle difficult situations and personalities

See the dispute from the other person's view

Reality test your case and play devil's advocate

See the big picture - the effect on you/others in the dispute

Expand the pie before trying to divide it

Keep control of your dispute and the negotiations

Handle difficult negotiations and avoid confrontation

Maintain a working relationship with customers/suppliers

Cope with lawyers better

Cope with the court process better

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